crest meaning
EN[kɹɛst] [-ɛst]WCrest
- Crest or CREST may refer to:
- NounPLcrestsSUF-est
- A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
- (heraldry): A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
- The upper curve of a horse's neck.
- The ridge or top of a wave.
- The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. A helmet with a crest.
- The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- The top line of a slope or embankment.
- A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
- I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
- A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- VerbSGcrestsPRcrestingPT, PPcrested
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The tricortical iliac crest bone grafts also have good biomechanical performance and can withstand strong compression forces.
- The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Cranial skeletogenic mesenchyme is derived from two distinct embryonic sources, cephalic paraxial mesoderm and cranial neural crest.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of crest in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
- en crested
- en crestfallen
- en crests
- fr crestou
- en crestie
Source: Wiktionary